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Anyone found an RSS solution yet?
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If that's to me then - what was wrong with Safari as RSS reader and browser? It's the same tool for me!
Now I have to take two bottles into the shower!
I skim through my RSS bookmarks - open the ones with a number next to them - then I scroll through the updates opening articles that appeal by apple clicking a new tab - I then drink my coffee wile reading and then closing the tabs I have opened before getting back to actual work. (which isn't aimlessly surfing the net for crap to read.
)acrylic, the company behind pulp, moved to facebook: http://blog.acrylicapps.com/post/27635101056/our-next-project-facebook
I can't find a demo for Reeder, but I need to get my RSS situation straightened away now that RSS is gone from Safari and Mail in Mountain Lion.
Do people here still consider Reeder to be the best app for RSS in Mountain Lion? If so, is the combo of Reeder on iPhone and Reeder on the Mac as good as it would seem, or is the iPhone version not as good as the desktop version?
Thanks for all feedback.
Do people here still consider Reeder to be the best app for RSS in Mountain Lion? If so, is the combo of Reeder on iPhone and Reeder on the Mac as good as it would seem, or is the iPhone version not as good as the desktop version?
Thanks for all feedback.
No it isn't. I am looking for a browser that lets me organize the RSS feeds in folders in the bookmark toolbar and has a counter behind each folder when there are new feed entries. How hard can it be?
What is the supposed problem with Google Reader that is solved by Reeder? Why pay for what's free?
I'm jumpstarting this thread to see whether there's been any progress with this issue. I used Vienna for a little while but got sick of having to use a separate app rather than having it all integrated into Safari. Is there a good solution out there yet?
I know that a number of people were suggesting Google Reader clients, which I had a problem with on the basis that relying on a third party seemed like a bad idea. It seems that I was justified in that fear because Google has announced that Reader will be discontinued at the beginning of July.
I know that a number of people were suggesting Google Reader clients, which I had a problem with on the basis that relying on a third party seemed like a bad idea. It seems that I was justified in that fear because Google has announced that Reader will be discontinued at the beginning of July.
a great rss desktop client is RSS Toaster. its 5 bucks. the cool part when you click on a rss link on in safari it opens up rss toaster and adds it to your subscriptions. you can also import your subscriptions from google reader if you download your info from google takeout. its fairly flexible and has plenty useful settings different article layouts and a share buttons defaulted for Facebook and twitter, but plenty of other social sites.
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So Apple killed Safari's RSS integration in large part due to Google Reader, and now Google kills Google Reader.
Wonderful.
I've been using both the Reeder desktop app and the Reeder iPhone app. Both are better than Safari's integrated RSS, so it wasn't all bad, but since Reeder requires a Google Reader account, it's unclear what will happen next.
I'm hoping a Reeder update will make the app(s) functional without the need for a Google Reader account. Otherwise, it will be back to searching for a new RSS solution no later than July 1, when Google Reader joins Claris Emailer and Cyberdog in the internet scrap heap.
(By the way, I just checked out RSS Toaster and I'm going to keep looking. The old Apple Mail-style layout isn't great for RSS -- one window at a time; too much scrolling up and down; etc. -- and the developer has no web site; just a Twitter account from which no tweets have ever been sent. Hopefully more options will arrive by July, now that developers know Google Reader isn't long for this world.)
Wonderful.
I've been using both the Reeder desktop app and the Reeder iPhone app. Both are better than Safari's integrated RSS, so it wasn't all bad, but since Reeder requires a Google Reader account, it's unclear what will happen next.
I'm hoping a Reeder update will make the app(s) functional without the need for a Google Reader account. Otherwise, it will be back to searching for a new RSS solution no later than July 1, when Google Reader joins Claris Emailer and Cyberdog in the internet scrap heap.
(By the way, I just checked out RSS Toaster and I'm going to keep looking. The old Apple Mail-style layout isn't great for RSS -- one window at a time; too much scrolling up and down; etc. -- and the developer has no web site; just a Twitter account from which no tweets have ever been sent. Hopefully more options will arrive by July, now that developers know Google Reader isn't long for this world.)
Yeah I read the Google blog yesterday and was shocked to see that they are doing away with Google Reader. It has been my favorite RSS aggragator since it first came out (2005 I think). Now I'll have to go searching for a new way to capture all my feeds.
What really sucks is all my iOS apps and Reeder on my Mac are all tied into Google Reader. I wonder what all these devs are going to do? I hope they reconfigure the apps so that we can manually subscribe to whatever feeds we want.
I didn't expect this. It truly sucks
It is now more recently I have become aware of the benefits of RSS. I had Pulp but do not like it here with that Facebook bought up running the option is out of the question for me.
I have searched and searched but can not seem to find anything useful that you do not need an account with google. Do you have to have apparently a google account for every solution available?
I have searched and searched but can not seem to find anything useful that you do not need an account with google. Do you have to have apparently a google account for every solution available?
It is now more recently I have become aware of the benefits of RSS. I had Pulp but do not like it here with that Facebook bought up running the option is out of the question for me.
I have searched and searched but can not seem to find anything useful that you do not need an account with google. Do you have to have apparently a google account for every solution available?
I have not used in a while since switching to Reeder, but as I recall NewsRack does not require Google. There is also the open source RSS app Vienna that does not require Google.
I've been looking at Fever. It's $30 but I like the concept and it looks pretty slick. I have my own server so that's not a problem. Just not sure if I want to use one of my currently unused domains for it.
I would live some input from someone who's used it.
I would live some input from someone who's used it.
News Rack looked to be anything but wanted tried a demo before you spend money on different programs that you may not like.
Saw that the tips were about Vienna earlier in this thread.
I like the interface of what I've seen out Reeder, so we'll keep our fingers crossed that it will be good and not be dependent out google.
I´ve tried Net news fire but wasnt what i looking for.
What if Apple might have something standalone RSS application / reader that can release to OS X and iOS? What do you think about that?
Thx anyway, Weaselboy.
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I'm using Fever, I've got it running on a subdomain on my main domain. I was previously using Reeder on my iPhone, iPad and mac so (for the iPhone version only, so far) it's a drop in replacement back-end for Google Reader.
Because my iPad is jailbroken I'm running the iPhone version of Reeder on it and using Fullforce to run it fullscreen. Hopefully the Reeder dev will be releasing the updated versions of the app for the iPad and mac soon.
I've got Fever pulling in new feeds ever 30 minutes via cron and I'm not syncing the Hot items. Now I've moved from cloud services I'm never going back.
I'm currently using Reeder, but my fallback will be NetNewsWire. It has a free ad-supported version and a $15 version that removes the ads; the displayed ad is fairly small and positioned non-intrusively in the lower left corner of the screen. The benefit for those of us migrating from Google Reader is that NetNewsWire is Google Reader compatible, but it can also function as a stand-alone reader. I paired it up with my Google Reader account, downloaded all of my feeds, and then was able to turn off the Google Reader syncing and still receive new feeds. If you don't care about synchronizing your feeds across multiple devices then it should be perfect. If you do want synchronization, you'll have to wait to see what web service they support after Google Reader.
NetNewsWire's interface reminds me of those found in mail clients. It's not bad, but coming from Reeder it will take some getting used to. However, it looks and feels like a native Mac application, which I could not say for RSSOwl (a different free, open-source RSS reader).
NetNewsWire's interface reminds me of those found in mail clients. It's not bad, but coming from Reeder it will take some getting used to. However, it looks and feels like a native Mac application, which I could not say for RSSOwl (a different free, open-source RSS reader).
Sorry but I didn't get whether you like Fever or not
Do you mean moving to Fever from the cloud? And that you're so happy with it that you won't go back to a cloud solution for RSS?
I'm familiar with Reeder as it is also my RSS reader of choice on my Mac, iPhone and iPad. But I suppose that if Fever works out and is good I'll no longer have a need for a client RSS reader.
So, do you like Fever and how is it accessing it via iPhone and iPad?
Sorry but I didn't get whether you like Fever or not
Do you mean moving to Fever from the cloud? And that you're so happy with it that you won't go back to a cloud solution for RSS?
I'm familiar with Reeder as it is also my RSS reader of choice on my Mac, iPhone and iPad. But I suppose that if Fever works out and is good I'll no longer have a need for a client RSS reader.
So, do you like Fever and how is it accessing it via iPhone and iPad?
Yes, I like Fever. I've paid for the script and it runs on hosting I pay for. I meant I'm not going back to free (therefore you are the product) cloud services.
I'm using Reeder to access Fever on my iDevices so in day to day use its no different to using Reeder with Google Reader.